Schools and Youth
LSNA is a nationally recognized model of successful collaboration between a community organization and public schools, creating a community-centered school that serves immigrant families. For detailed descriptions of the various programs and organizing efforts that LSNA undertakes around education, please click on the articles below.
News articles relating to LSNA's Schools and Youth work.
LSNA: A Model of Successful School-Community Partnership
LSNA is a nationally recognized model of… Continue…
Download the January 2009 publication "Opening the Schoolhouse Doors" which outlines… Continue…
Through funding from After School Matters and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Logan… Continue…
Too many bikes go unused because they are in need of a basic repair. Ames Middle School students… Continue…
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LSNA has been working with local parents around the issue of bilingual education. In early 2008,… Continue…
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http://catalyst-chicago.org/news/index.php?item=2462&cat=23&tr=y&auid=3989166From… Continue…
In 2000, LSNA and Chicago State University partnered to start a Grow Your Own Teachers program with… Continue…
The following is a description of LSNA's work with elementary schools published as a best practice… Continue…
Did you know? - Out of every 100 Chicago high school freshmen, 40 miss more than a month of school… Continue…
The purpose of the Literacy Ambassadors Program is for teachers and parents hold house meetings in… Continue…
LSNA Community Learning Centers—a community-centered model with major input by students,… Continue…
LSNA and the Kelvyn Park Social Justice Academy have partnered on a number of service learning… Continue…
by Joanna Brown, Lead Education Organizer at LSNA
This article was originally published in Skills … Continue…
LSNA, in partnership with nine area public schools, runs a Parent Mentor Program. The program… Continue…
LSNA has partnered with 6 of 8 schools that host a Parent Mentor Program to develop a Parent Tutor… Continue…
The Parent to Parent Attendance Program is comprised of a team of Parent Mentors who work closely… Continue…
Logan Square Neighborhood Association is one of five case studies in The Indicators Project, an… Continue…
Italian cooking was a highlight of Mozart CLC's Summer Camp for these students. La cocina… Continue…
LSNA is a member of a project called Voices of Youth in Chicago Education. VOYCE is a youth-led,… Continue…